Crystal shape is a critical determinant of the physical and chemical properties of crystalline materials; hence, it is the challenge of controlling the crystal morphology in a wide range of scientific and technological applications. The morphology is related to the geom...

A newly recorded species, Gastrodia shimizuana Tuyama, in Taiwan is described and illustrated. This species is apparently rare and was previously known in only few localities in Iriomote Island, the Ryukyu Islands. We recently found it in the mountains at Beixinzhuang a...

is Figure S1 showing Bland–Altman plots for vMD measures, by mammography system and reader for: (A) percent mammographic density, (B) dense area and (C) breast area. Y axes to the same scale for comparisons. (DOCX 138 kb)

Heavy metals pollution has become a more serious environmental problem in the last several decades as a result releasing toxic materials into the environment. Various techniques such as physical, chemical, biological, advanced oxidation and electrochemical processes wer...

None: The diversity of both the locomotor and feeding systems in fish is extensive, although little is known about the integrated evolution of the two systems. Virtually, all fish swim to ingest prey and all open their buccal cavity during prey capture, but the relation...

This work aims the study of the photographic image in the press advisory body. It puts the press advisory body into the field of organizational communication. It seeks to answer to the following question: What strategies of senses do the photographic images build in the...

The purpose of this study was to compare fertility and early embryo mortality rates (< or = 5 days of incubation) following artificial insemination (AI) of common duck females (Anas Platyrhynchos) with semen from either common or Muscovy (Cairina Moschata) drakes at var...

Background : The hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a malignant neoplasm of hepatocytes of rare occurrence in farm animals, with ruminants being the most affected species. This neoplasm is characterized by nonspecific symptoms and it is etiology in animals has not yet be...

Phorbol myristate acetate (PMA), the active principle of croton oil, is a potent platelet aggregating agent. Previous cytochemical and electron microscopic studies demonstrated that PMA caused selective labilization of platelet storage granules resulting in their conver...